Gale Boy Name

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The table below indicates the number of times the name Gale has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Gale**
Use of the Name Gale for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
11,620	1,570	0	0	0	0	0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Gale has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. Gale first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1883, which is the first year shown on the table. Gale last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1970, the last year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Gale**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1883	949	5
1884
1885
1886
1887	862	6
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893	629	11
1894	603	12
1895
1896
1897	592	13
1898
1899
1900	868	10
1901	653	11
1902	815	9
1903	671	12
1904
1905	763	11
1906
1907	679	15
1908	597	19
1909	561	22
1910	947	12
1911	677	22
1912	653	42
1913	567	59
1914	519	89
1915	555	103
1916	536	115
1917	522	123
1918	473	156
1919	495	144
1920	463	173
1921	421	206
1922	456	182
1923	387	234
1924	387	241
1925	432	190
1926	436	194
1927	382	238
1928	449	179
1929	453	171
1930	417	199
1931	438	166
1932	372	224
1933	369	214
1934	340	258	757	78
1935	351	244	584	122
1936	344	249	596	122
1937	321	284	553	147
1938	324	291	553	152
1939	321	291	393	288
1940	324	306	321	389
1941	340	287	366	335
1942	353	296	368	366
1943	351	298	347	427
1944	357	281	352	383
1945	349	288	321	447
1946	371	304	310	564
1947	351	377	271	796
1948	360	349	317	600
1949	381	314	320	590
1950	371	332	301	660
1951	375	327	276	811
1952	382	323	283	820
1953	438	264	264	947
1954	450	255	259	1,017
1955	520	196	261	1,032
1956	539	193	254	1,076
1957	616	154	246	1,208
1958	662	133	272	1,049
1959	723	111	319	855
1960	692	129	393	588
1961	769	101	446	475
1962	783	95	538	329
1963	800	90	538	323
1964	801	89	582	290
1965	821	81	640	234
1966	907	64	621	234
1967	887	66	670	205
1968			791	161
1969	928	68	825	156
1970			988	126
Totals:		11,620		18,402

During the last 125 years, parents have used Gale as a boy's name about 38% of the time and as a girl's name about 61% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either boys or girls. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Gale appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 72 times during the last 125 years.

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Gale Boy Name

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